Posted to Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan 27th of September 2013
I have to smile when I hear Camp Followers of the America’s Cup Crying to the Media that the Tax payer should fork out for another Challenge in four Years time
Especially because of the Feel good aspect of it... Well Yes, I can see why they Feel Good, but Ironically there are a lot of people who pretty Feel Lousy right now.
It’s not just the dark feeling of un-fair play. It’s when we blew 35 Million on money that could have helped save so many other slightly less Feel Good jobs around the Country.
What Surprises me is that Both the NZ Boat and the US boats where built in NZ and Both where made by the same People and yet the Yacht Builders tell us that they need welfare because despite building the top 2 Boats in the World, one of them lost the race!
What is not surprising is that some Economists are not impressed with these big windfall events and their trickle down effects. Yes they Fill the Beds and Bars for a few nights.
But how do we know the “Windfall Money” doesn't just go into Tropical Holidays and Real-estate Speculation. Then some ask that thorny question, How can we sleep after a Feel Good Big Party when People are suffering all around us?
Or where was the 35 million Bonus for the Government Owned Hillside Railway Workshops that are slightly less feel good on the National Pride hype machine? Why are People falling through the Cracks and taking their own lives in alarming numbers ? And Just How are all these Fell Good Schemes going to stand up when the Climate Change Debate Shifts it gears to the next level?
No Sorry I don’t “Feel Good” thank you very much.
I have to smile when I hear Camp Followers of the America’s Cup Crying to the Media that the Tax payer should fork out for another Challenge in four Years time
Especially because of the Feel good aspect of it... Well Yes, I can see why they Feel Good, but Ironically there are a lot of people who pretty Feel Lousy right now.
It’s not just the dark feeling of un-fair play. It’s when we blew 35 Million on money that could have helped save so many other slightly less Feel Good jobs around the Country.
What Surprises me is that Both the NZ Boat and the US boats where built in NZ and Both where made by the same People and yet the Yacht Builders tell us that they need welfare because despite building the top 2 Boats in the World, one of them lost the race!
What is not surprising is that some Economists are not impressed with these big windfall events and their trickle down effects. Yes they Fill the Beds and Bars for a few nights.
But how do we know the “Windfall Money” doesn't just go into Tropical Holidays and Real-estate Speculation. Then some ask that thorny question, How can we sleep after a Feel Good Big Party when People are suffering all around us?
Or where was the 35 million Bonus for the Government Owned Hillside Railway Workshops that are slightly less feel good on the National Pride hype machine? Why are People falling through the Cracks and taking their own lives in alarming numbers ? And Just How are all these Fell Good Schemes going to stand up when the Climate Change Debate Shifts it gears to the next level?
No Sorry I don’t “Feel Good” thank you very much.
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